Coronavirus: Scientists Warn About New Year’s Eve – “Intensive Care Is Complete” | HELLAS

Despite the reduction in coronavirus cases, the number of deaths and intubations remains particularly high, leading scientists and government officials to point out in every tone that the celebration of Christmas must be in line with protective measures. to avoid a resurgence. pandemic.

It is recalled that today EODY announced today 901 new cases in a total of 32,601 tests, of which 219 were located in Attica and 159 in Thessaloniki. This figure is clearly lower than that of November 19, when the cases amounted to 3,227 and as of December 1, which amounted to 2,199, but the rates of deaths and intubations in the country’s hospitals do not leave room for complacency as today they registered 98 and 534 respectively.

Petsas: Strict adherence to measurements during holidays, “window” and for other local closings if necessary

Warnings for compliance with the measures during the holidays came today through government spokesman Stelios Petsas who, speaking with SKAI, left open the possibility of imposing a stricter local blockade, after the new restrictions in the three municipalities of West Attica and, “If such a thing is needed.”

“The absolute priority is that all of us are not complacent.” We have to follow the measures for this period of time and little by little we are going to take our turn for vaccination, “said the government spokesman, who reiterated that it is important that everyone Let us follow the measures and for the Government to develop, in cooperation with the experts, its strategy in order to close a period of several months until 2021, where vaccination will coexist with protection measures.

Petsas: Christmas in a close family circle

Especially for the period of the Christmas holidays, Mr. Petsas did not fail to emphasize that “the main theme and the holidays, but also the next period of time is to have a close social circle.” Let’s not open our contacts too much. We know we have friends, relatives, but let’s try to be with the same people these days. It is very important, then, not so much the number itself, because the four are already family, the others can be four more people, but because they are the same family, we will spend Christmas and New Years ”. Along the same lines, Mr. Petsas recommended that “we should not change people who will visit our house or go to another house. The close circle is very important. The discussion about people, then, is related precisely to the fact that we limit our contacts. The narrower our circle, the less the virus will spread. We will have the opportunity to meet our loved ones when we overcome this nightmare. ”

The government spokesperson later clarified that there is no imminent change in the curfew, making special reference to areas that still have a particularly heavy epidemiological burden: “We will strictly adhere to this calendar. As we have said in the previous days, we will not there is a case for relaxation of measures. There may be a case of tightening of the measures at the local level, as, unfortunately, had to be done in areas of West Attica, such as Mandra or Kozani yesterday. It is very important at the local level to intervene quickly and control possible outbreaks, so that they do not get out of control, especially now that we are under a regime of restrictive measures until January 7, to control this type of local outbreaks until then “Asked about this and in the same context, Stelios Petsas , added: “Orange when it turns on, is to press the brake to brake, not accelerate to pass the traffic light. For this reason, when such alarms sound, we must take them into account. to and intervene in a timely manner. If necessary, we will do it in other areas. I wish it wasn’t necessary. The behavior of all of us is very important “

Mosialos for New Year’s Eve: better every single family on vacation

And the professor of Health Policy of the LSE, Elías Mosialos, said for people on Christmas Eve that it is better to be very conservative, with each family alone on vacation. “Unless there is a lonely friend of ours or a grandmother or a grandfather to spend the holidays with us,” he said.

Hexadecimal: intensive are complete

And the president of the Athens Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Exadaktylos, speaking to Star, emphasized that overcrowding should be avoided. Answering the question of why the New Year’s Eve party scares the experts, he said that the reunions of two families on different days are dangerous. “Getting in and out of homes will transmit the virus where it doesn’t exist,” he said, adding that although traffic is lower than a few weeks ago, it is still high and there is no space in hospitals because intensive care units are full.

Sarigiannis: We must stay home until January 20 – Risk of resurgence after Christmas

However, earlier today, Demosthenes Sarigiannis, professor of Health and Environmental Engineering, said that January wants attention for the coronavirus, it would be safer to stay until January 20. He noted that the forecast refers to the continuation of de-escalation at the national level, but emphasized that there are areas such as West Attica, Kozani, Karditsa, Magnesia, Chios, Achaia, Thassos and Larissa that need special attention.

At the same time, he clarified that in these areas there is a high risk of resurgence after Christmas. “The difficult period is right after Christmas, where the weather will be even worse. This does not help at all. The spread of the virus is increasing, ”said Mr. Sarigiannis.